There are two red, two blue, two white, and certain number (greater than 0) of green socks n a drawer. If two socks are taken at random from the drawe

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There are two red, two blue, two white, and certain number (greater than 0) of green socks n a drawer. If two socks are taken at random from the drawer4 without replacement, the probability that they are of the same color is 1/5, then the number of green socks are ________.


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Let the number of green socks be `x gt 0`.
E: Two socks drawn are of the same color
implies P(E) = P(R R or B B or W W or G G)
`=(3)/(.^(6+x)C_(2)) + (.^(x)C_(2))/(.^(6+x)C_(2))`
`=(6)/((x + 6)(x + 5))+(x (x-1))/((x+6)(x+5)) = (1)/(5)`(given)
`implies 5(x^(2) - x + 6) = x^(2) + 11x + 30`
`or 4x^(2) - 16x = 0`
or x = 4

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